1. According to the textbook‚ the radio was proved as a mass medium in 1912 when a wireless technologist picked up some signals from the Titanic and transferred the message to nearby ships‚ so they could rescue the survivors. The radio was seen as a way to link people with the rest of the world‚ so the Radio Act of 1912 helped enlarge the general control of radio on the domestic level. The radio was later designed for the general public. Radio did not become a mass medium because of the Titanic.
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MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS NOVEMBER 2010: Zahlungsbilanz und Devisenmarkt (1) What accounts for most of the activity in the foreign exchange market? (a) Inter-bank trading (b) Government transfers (c) Sale of good and services (d) Government purchase of assets (e) Foreign imports Answer: A (2) A country’s current account (a) balance equals the change in its net foreign wealth. (b) balance equals the change in its foreign wealth. (c) surplus equals the change in its foreign wealth. (d)
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2013 ISSN 2286-4822‚ www.euacademic.org IMPACT FACTOR: 0.485 (GIF) Bangladesh’s Balance of Payments: an Econometric Analysis M. S. RAHMAN CHOWDHURY Department of Economics Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Trishal‚ Bangladesh Abstract: The study was conducted at the Department of Economics‚ University of Chittagong‚ Bangladesh between December 2010 and April 2011. Balance of payments plays the most important role in a country’s economy. As a developing country‚ Bangladesh cannot
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Cash Posting or Payment Entry Department | * Posting of the details contained in the EOB * Should post the relevant charge in the appropriate patient’s account * Initiate the process for the denied claims. Payment Entry Process - Flowchart | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CASH POSTING OR PAYMENTS | When a claim has been processed and paid‚ the amount paid will have to be applied to the amount charged for individual patient’s treatment in the Medical Billing
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Who is in the Futures Market and How Has It Changed? Dec. 29 Who is in the Futures Market and How Has It Changed? A summary report of a study by James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University. Office of OPEC Governor For enquires kindly contact Sammy AL Mehaid Sammy.mehaid@aramco.com 1 Who is in the Futures Market and How Has It Changed? Dec. 29 Introduction: Leading up to 2008‚ oil prices experienced a steady‚ upward trend. Then‚ in 2008 oil prices climbed to
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Payment of Gratuity Act‚ 1972 Outline • • Applicability of the Act (Sec 1) & Definitions (Sec 2) – employee‚ superannuation‚ continuous service (Sec 2(A))‚ Wages Payment of gratuity (Sec 4) o Continuous service of not less than 5 yrs o Calculation of gratuity in case of seasonal employees‚ in case of employee employed after disablement‚ on ‘retrenchment’‚ for service beyond the age of superannuation‚ on resignation o Calculation of “15 days” wages in respect of mthly rated employee‚ piece-rated
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Jewelry of the 1912 Titanic Era We seem to be endlessly drawn to the drama of the fateful voyage of the RMS Titanic as this largest and most luxurious ocean liner that the world of 1912 had seen to date represents a story of the changing world and culture of the early 1900’s. The rich and famous passengers of the Titanic included the nouveau riche of America whose wealth acquired in banking‚ industry‚ transportation allowed them make frequent trips to Europe and beyond to explore both past treasures
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barrel to cover their import bill‚ including their bill for imported labor‚ but with oil trading above $90 a barrel‚ they still have substantial sums available to invest in the rest of the world. One feature of oil-exporting emerging economies‚ though‚ has not changed: their propensity to peg to the dollar. Apart from Kuwait‚ the oil-exporting economies in the gulf peg to the dollar even more tightly than China. Other oil-exporting economies peg to a basket‚ often one composed mainly of the dollar and
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The Clayton antitrust act was passed in 1914. The act was drafted by Alabama Democrat Henry De Lamar Clayton. President Wilson instructed congress to come up with the act when he went into office in 1912. Wilson felt as though large companies had too many freedoms. The Act was put into effect to prohibit anticompetitive price discrimination‚ prohibit against certain tying and exclusive deal practices‚ expand power to private parties to sue and obtain triple damages‚ labor exemption that permitted
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Chapter 8: Payment Systems of Vietnam Vietnam’s financial and payment systems are the least developed of all those of the countries covered in this survey‚ because Vietnam did not initiate full-scale financial reforms until the middle of the 1990s. Information on its economic and financial systems is very limited in Japan‚ and so this survey has focused not only technical aspects of Vietnam’s payment systems‚ but also on the past and future developments of its financial system. It must be understood
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